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David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.
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And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.
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Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges
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Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.
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And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.
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The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.
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The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
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The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan.
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And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four.